A recent study ranked the 100 most populated U.S. metro areas.

A new WalletHub study ranks the most overweight and obese cities in the US. See where six California city rank on the list.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Overweight and obesity rates in adults, children and teens more than doubled over the past three decades, afflicting 2.1 billion ...

A third of children are predicted to be obese or overweight globally by 2050, according to new research. On March 3, The Lancet published research led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) ...

Overweight patients with risk factors for heart disease should be sent by their doctors for "intensive behavioral counseling" about diet or exercise, according to new recommendations from the United ...

"A lot of people think that being fat is a choice," noted Law Professor Doron Dorfman, who said overweight people ...

America is struggling with an obesity problem, as nearly 42% of U.S. adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Whether this is due to lack of healthy food items ...

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people develop metabolic diseases of this kind. With around a quarter of all obese ...